Nikhil Rolla

Country General Manager @ TikTok | Ex-Meta | Sales & Partnerships Leader

Singapore, Singapore

About

19 years of experience in Sales & Digital Marketing, Business Development, Client Relationships, Cross Functional Collaboration and Product Management with 14 years in APAC. Built and managed high performing teams for over 8 years, stellar sales track record managing $XXXM business books and deep experience in C-level client engagement partnering with the largest companies in APAC. Experienced at cross functional collaboration to drive success for our clients and crafting/executing the GTM strategy for the sales organization. Enjoy mentoring & coaching people.

Experience

  • TikTok (Singapore)
    • Country General Manager, Malaysia GBS
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Country General Manager for Malaysia, leading our advertising business there managing teams across Large Clients, Mid-Market and Agencies • Manage and develop a high-performing multi-level team of Industry Heads, Client Solutions and Agency Leads • Establish and strengthen partnerships with senior client stakeholders and collaborate on JBPs, strategic initiatives etc. to help drive their business objectives. • Part of the APAC & SEA leadership team driving regional sales and commercial strategy for the business partnering with key XFN leaders across TikTok.

    • Head of Strategic Accounts, SEA
      Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr

      • Led sales for TikTok across key verticals like Ecommerce, SuperApps, Fintech, and Travel, working with top brands in APAC • Managed and developed a high-performing team of Industry Heads, Client Partners, and Client Solution Managers. • Established and strengthened partnerships with senior client stakeholders and collaborate on JBPs, strategic initiatives etc. to help drive their business objectives. • Part of the APAC leadership team driving regional sales and commercial strategy for the business partnering with key XFN leaders across TikTok.

    • Head of SuperApps and Fintech, Strategic Accounts
      Feb 2023 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs

      - Led sales and revenue growth / partnerships for the SuperApps & Fintech verticals across SEA & APAC - Managed a talented team of Client Partners to unlock new revenue and partnership opportunities - Established and strengthened C-level relationships amongst our largest advertisers in the region - Collaborated with other cross-functional leaders to drive success for our partners by helping them meet their marketing and growth objectives

  • Head of Partner Management, APAC at Stripe
    Jul 2022 - Nov 2022 · 5 mos

    Led the Partner Management Function for Stripe across APAC working with Stripe's network, banking and alternate payment partners.

  • Business & Sales Lead, Digital Natives at Meta
    Aug 2018 - Jul 2022 · 4 yrs

    - Led sales for the Digital Natives business vertical in Meta and drove success for some of APACs fastest growing companies across multiple sectors - Food Delivery & Ride Hailing, Direct-to-Consumer Ecomm, EdTech and PropTech. - Stellar sales track-record across my tenure and grew the Digital Natives business by 7X to $XXX MM in annual revenue on the back of ambitious quarterly sales targets while ensuring that our partners invested in the optimal product and solutions mix. - Forged strategic partnerships and built deep relationships with senior stakeholders across these companies. - Led our cross-functional teams (Marketing Science, Product, Creative Shop, Solutions Engineering) to deliver the optimal support model for our partners.

  • Standard Chartered Bank (8 yrs 3 mos)
    • Executive Director & Global Head, Mobile and Online Banking
      May 2015 - Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Head of Mobile & Online Banking for the bank across markets (Africa / Middle East / Asia) as part of the Group Digital Banking team. Responsible for defining the global strategy for the bank’s mobile and web channels - managed a multi-million dollar multi-year budget to deliver on this. Drove the execution of this strategy across markets by rolling out new functionality on our mobile & web platforms. Managed and influenced key senior stakeholders including Global Heads and Regional Heads across business and technology.

    • Director & Head - Digital Banking, UAE, Middle East, Pakistan
      Jan 2014 - May 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Managed digital channels across UAE, Pakistan, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon and Qatar. Digital Channels include – Online & Mobile Banking, Payments, Online Sales, ATMs, CDMs, SMS Alerts & eStatements. Responsible for formulating and rolling out the bank’s digital strategy for this region. Lead the Digital Banking team in the region to take forward our digital agenda. Interacted with the senior management team within the bank regionally & globally and managed relationships with key external partners.

    • Director - Online Sales & Payments
      May 2010 - Dec 2013 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Tasked with launching an Online Sales channel for the bank in the Middle East and growing our digital payments capabilities and usage across Middle East markets.

  • Citibank India (Chennai, India)
    • Product Manager - Online Payments
      Feb 2008 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Responsible for growing usage of Online Payments for Citibank, India and launching new services in this space.

    • Online Sales & Marketing Manager
      May 2006 - Jan 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Managed all Digital Marketing done by Citibank, India. This included developing our digital media strategy, delivering material business value and forging & maintaining long term relationships between the bank and large websites (Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.) and agencies.